To sum it up in one word...WOW! It's so cool how technology has gotten us "backstage" to see this kind of stuff. I would have done anything to have this type of footage back in '89 on the Justice tour.
I recently got a Triaxis & 2:90. With the right cab(s) and right tubes in the Triaxis, it is just crushing. Actually sounds better than my Mark IIC++ which is my pride and joy. Worst first world problem ever.
yeah. they use triggers to open the gates on the toms and i assume the kicks too. Much more reliable than relying on audio thresholds to do it for you, and more consistent.
some feedback. I needed a 4 CH(quad)gate processor for live shows for cleaning the tracks for the tom drums, at the time behringer multigate was the affordable unit, and so I took my chances. I must admit, it really works, it really makes a difference, one of the main reason is the Frequency trigger. it can be adjusted more or less to the fundamental frequency the each tom gives off for really great accuracy, im not saying its the best , but its still a good unit. Im still using it after 2 years
all heads have a preamp and a power amp. he uses the preamps as extra flavor on top of the sound of the jc-120 and diezel. im not sure but i think thats how it is
He might record with one, but he has toured with the mesa boogie triaxis preamp's for ages. They can get alot of different tones he just has his mids boosted super high these days.
Those are some pretty old Diezels as the VH4 has 2 knobs on the Volume and volume parallel loop on the far right today. And the VH 4S has 2 on both vol. vol para loop presence and deep, but i guess he's playing VH 4.
theres more here for James/Kirk than i thought there would be, but i'd really be interested in seeing their studio stuff. Especially what James uses for an amp
they're made for bass and it boasts 200 or 300 watts so its gotta be heavy, but those 6550 tubes in the strategy help give as much power without distorting. i wonder what the 2100 is like for the rec pre? or even better the mesa mark v?
I think they use a separate guy under the stage, or around the stage doing it for them. The only pedals used are expression pedals, me thinks. I could be wrong.
hey i gotta question.. ive been playing on floyd rose bridges for a long time now as a lead player now i wanna switch to playing rhythem and i want a guitar with a good bridge that keeps the strings in tune. I dont really like the bridges that go throught the guitar i see theres some that have that bar on the bottom of pickups. anyone know a good bridge that i should look for when i go guitar shopping?
Those Behringer Multigates any good? I'm thinking about getting one but haven't seen any helpful reviews. I want to use to cut out noise from my high gain and the noise my EQ puts in my signal without majorly loosing tone. But Hetfield and Lerxst both use one so they must be good.
@Quakelord1991 Its the amplifier see a normal combo amp or a head (like a normal practive amp or those diezel heads you can see in the vid ) have 2 stages the preamp stage were most of the tone comes from and the poweramp stage were it gets amplified. Some people use a preamp and a power amp instead of a head for greater flexability :) Sorry for any mistakes im Portuguese :P
he's using some sort of pedal board from these rigs. that has a heavy distortion playing. then they just click one of the knobs on the pedal board to go o a clean setting. there pretty sweet i got boss gt-3 and i can do some of the things he does
I think he says Mutligate Pro from Behringer, it says ''Auido interactive Quad Expander/Gate. Just because it isn´t the most expensive, it doesn´t mean it doesn´t work which is proven here ^^
Try find the vid from TC Electronic where you see James's (and Kirks in another vid) rack where they are in Horsens Denmark June 6th 2012. Maybe you see some :)
@gmbob22 you gotta admitt tho , that is one of the best live distortion sounds you have everheard and trust me i seen then live like 3 weeks ago and it suits there live playing so much
I reallyyyy dont understand how most of that stuff works :L why have like 4-5 heads, a load of digital programme stuff, pre amps and everything... what does it all do?! and how do you know how to work it all and connect it all together?
A guitars signal is a very weak signal. The most simple of external pre-amps will boost this signal into something usable and perhaps contain one "gain knob". Other preamps offer functions like eq, high pass filters etc. If you do not have an external preamp, the preamp is found inside your amplifiers head. Purchasing an external preamp of good quality and better than the one found in your amplifier gives a much "warmer" sound and allows pedals or other outboard gear following it more headroom.
yeah the eet fuk one he did but he dont use it live anymore, he did use it for some of the recording on death magnetic also he used his flying v from the kill em all days for Judas Kiss what a badass song
@loknloll yeah i get you and i have the same problem i always wanted to go drop D and back to standard like other guitars but with the rose its hell so im limited to only standard for the moment. but i love doin divebombs with my rose for my songs. yea u should make a video when u got time.
To sum it up in one word...WOW! It's so cool how technology has gotten us "backstage" to see this kind of stuff. I would have done anything to have this type of footage back in '89 on the Justice tour.
james' clean sound gives me goosebumps and the feeling of being on a metallica concert!
OMG!! that clean tone was beautiful but that distortion .... Ive just been saved!!! \m/
"Checks out James Hetfields rack" sounds kinda weird
Thought it would be a lot smaller 🫢
Kirk's Ouija and James' Grynch are two of the best looking guitars I have ever seen.
That was the loudest show I've ever been to. Hope they come back to KC in the next couple years.
One of greatest guitar sounds in Metal, keep on kicking ass man!
I recently got a Triaxis & 2:90. With the right cab(s) and right tubes in the Triaxis, it is just crushing. Actually sounds better than my Mark IIC++ which is my pride and joy. Worst first world problem ever.
Hey man I'll take that 2C++ if you're happy with the Tri ;)
Sorry. The ol' IIC++ has made a comeback as my main rig again since having left that comment. Mesa STR 415 and 416 power tubes are a beautiful thing.
raaaats.
I just got an Axe FX 2 and my favorite patch uses the 2C++. Sounds gnarly.
what tubes did you have in the triaxis?
I have no idea what I'm watching... but I know it makes some awesome music happen.
Well, it's not everyday I hear something like that. Rock On DUDE!,
He's using it for the St.Anger songs. It's called ESP LTD Grynch. It's tuned down to C/ Drop C, depending on what James likes.
that venue is EPIC
yeah. they use triggers to open the gates on the toms and i assume the kicks too. Much more reliable than relying on audio thresholds to do it for you, and more consistent.
thanks ive been lookin for somethin like this.... James used the Mesa MKIIc+ during the and justice album but old mesa heads are hard to find
some feedback. I needed a 4 CH(quad)gate processor for live shows for cleaning the tracks for the tom drums, at the time behringer multigate was the affordable unit, and so I took my chances. I must admit, it really works, it really makes a difference, one of the main reason is the Frequency trigger. it can be adjusted more or less to the fundamental frequency the each tom gives off for really great accuracy, im not saying its the best , but its still a good unit. Im still using it after 2 years
TriAxis wow, haven't seen those in a while...were the hot thing in the 90's. Go James!
Yeah, on Hetfield's there is a gain switch on the tone or volume knob. I don't have the guitar, but i saw it here on another video on RUclips
I always want to know the brand of the mic stand... Easy adjustment on stage
Vox
I figured it out. Brand I don’t know, but essentially what they do is cut straight microphone stands, and weld them angled.
I think they're from a custom company. Theyre cut at a certain angle and welded back together it looks like.
@tr0bal I think he only uses High-end LTDS such as 1000 series. It is he's signature Grynch limited to 260
he blends the sounds together, doesn't use one into the other. They are both run through different cabs like separate rigs.
he used it on all nightmare long and suicide and redemption along with the gibson '73 iron cross les paul another badass hetfield guitar
all heads have a preamp and a power amp. he uses the preamps as extra flavor on top of the sound of the jc-120 and diezel. im not sure but i think thats how it is
He might record with one, but he has toured with the mesa boogie triaxis preamp's for ages. They can get alot of different tones he just has his mids boosted super high these days.
they take up less rack space, work the same way but the 400 has 2 6550 and both of em have 8 6l6's stocked back in there.
Those are some pretty old Diezels as the VH4 has 2 knobs on the Volume and volume parallel loop on the far right today. And the VH 4S has 2 on both vol. vol para loop presence and deep, but i guess he's playing VH 4.
@ProudUnicorn I suppose you're right. They are projecting to a very large crowd and don't want to sound crappy so it makes sense.
he's also using the best chorus amp you can get on this planet.
@MyMetallica16 its an ESP truckster i think, so the LTD model is like 899
that solo is tight. KING of the double kick!!!
In my opinion, this was filmed in Helsinki, Finland... I was in the concert BTW ;) \m/
theres more here for James/Kirk than i thought there would be, but i'd really be interested in seeing their studio stuff. Especially what James uses for an amp
Something about arena shows is just awesome. Very powerful.
they're made for bass and it boasts 200 or 300 watts so its gotta be heavy, but those 6550 tubes in the strategy help give as much power without distorting. i wonder what the 2100 is like for the rec pre? or even better the mesa mark v?
@TheFlyers09 The Roland JC120 is a briliant amp, its famous for the Chorus and it has (in my opinion) the best clean of all transistors ive heard.
I think they use a separate guy under the stage, or around the stage doing it for them. The only pedals used are expression pedals, me thinks. I could be wrong.
@MartyCannava It is he's ESP/LTD Grynch Signature there were only made 260
@krajnovic10 its mentioned in the description that the gig was in kansas city
@Jamsessionroom1337 You are absolutely right, and there are many others like Tosin who have a great tone and skill and are not very known.
i'm surprised he still brings his good 'ol explorers, awesome!
dude this really looks like "Vector Arena" in AUCKLAND
btw, the stage its exactly the same as the show in 13/oct/2010 Oo
Dawn, That distor guitar sound so pretty...
Its an Amp distortion if thats what you mean all ran through a midi pedal to control everything from 1 pedal
anyone know james hetfields simul class 2:90 settings????? or his triaxis settings?
I NEED THEM ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP
I love lars's drum solo at 1:40
great stuff!!
loool
Xdd
how does jame use the mesa amp switcher with the ground control and gcx???? i need help
hey i gotta question.. ive been playing on floyd rose bridges for a long time now as a lead player now i wanna switch to playing rhythem and i want a guitar with a good bridge that keeps the strings in tune. I dont really like the bridges that go throught the guitar i see theres some that have that bar on the bottom of pickups. anyone know a good bridge that i should look for when i go guitar shopping?
theres a video of it on youtube somewhere he acctuly uses it
@bkrbnr94 Its the footswitch for the GCX switching system
he has a klon centaur,mxr phase 100 and line 6 dm4 in a pedal drawer did he use the centaur on magnetic?
Could somebody please explain why they have like Five of the same preamps?
Those Behringer Multigates any good? I'm thinking about getting one but haven't seen any helpful reviews. I want to use to cut out noise from my high gain and the noise my EQ puts in my signal without majorly loosing tone. But Hetfield and Lerxst both use one so they must be good.
@joihna1997 its so that they can change to different effect loops.
any one tell the model of that Shure wireless system? looks like a UR14D maybe, like an older one or something
@Quakelord1991 Its the amplifier see a normal combo amp or a head (like a normal practive amp or those diezel heads you can see in the vid ) have 2 stages the preamp stage were most of the tone comes from and the poweramp stage were it gets amplified. Some people use a preamp and a power amp instead of a head for greater flexability :) Sorry for any mistakes im Portuguese :P
what is the thing at
0:18 with the 2 yellow screens???
so this is not so old tour, btw on dirty chanell they play just on ld2 with yellow one up, and fx loop ?
@Masterfighterx Was referencing to Skwisgaar Skwigelf, he talks that way.
anyone know the name of the stompbox/effects thing the guy uses at the end?
that's part of the gcx switching system.
he's using some sort of pedal board from these rigs. that has a heavy distortion playing. then they just click one of the knobs on the pedal board to go o a clean setting. there pretty sweet i got boss gt-3 and i can do some of the things he does
I think he says Mutligate Pro from Behringer, it says ''Auido interactive Quad Expander/Gate. Just because it isn´t the most expensive, it doesn´t mean it doesn´t work which is proven here ^^
on the first metallica album they used ProCo Rat distortion pedal
@SuperMegaMantus James use Diezel while Kirk has a Rectifier, but he got many other amps such as Krank Mesa and much more
@proclivity11 On many live shoots you get many close-ups to hes drums there you can see it?
That sound is perfect
So his distortion sound is the diezel+mesa boogie?
omg it HUUUUUUGE i never thought so much could be in 1 place at 1ce!
Ok i've been playing guitar for 8 years and i never got what the point of a pre amp was wha exactly does it do?
Try find the vid from TC Electronic where you see James's (and Kirks in another vid) rack where they are in Horsens Denmark June 6th 2012. Maybe you see some :)
@litlemadguitarist all of the preamps are customized in different ways.
@gmbob22 you gotta admitt tho , that is one of the best live distortion sounds you have everheard and trust me i seen then live like 3 weeks ago and it suits there live playing so much
What did he say before (like right before) Shure Wireless?
I know. What next, Line 6 Spider III amps?
hetfield plays diezel amps too , my guitar dealer bought one of this tops and say its really great amp .
Is this recorded from the globe in stockholm mars 7th 2009. I was there anyhow
does anyone know what james uses for a midi pedal?
what happened to good ole heads and cabs'??
What pedal are he using? The olny thing i knows he is using is BOSS Super Chorus CH-1 and the MXR phase 100. What other pedals is he using?
I reallyyyy dont understand how most of that stuff works :L why have like 4-5 heads, a load of digital programme stuff, pre amps and everything... what does it all do?! and how do you know how to work it all and connect it all together?
@joihna1997
It looks like a Voodoo Labs Ground Control footswitch. It is linked to his GCX Audi Switcher, also from Voodoo Labs.
are his triaxises have the recto boardx and the phat mod?
What guitar straps does he use though?? So may different answers online !!
@silverdimands It's The Grynch, a james hetfield sig
its the concert in nimes france
wuts better the esp viper or esp explorer.. im tryin to decide wich 1 to get
are the cables from there guitars to the amps wireless ???
@DimeLivesInUs sounds like the beginning guitar for paradise city well the tone of it
@Yowzow If its the esp, does the case saids truckster with a giant JH signature on the front?
i'm sorry if my english isn't correct, i'm from holland
A guitars signal is a very weak signal. The most simple of external pre-amps will boost this signal into something usable and perhaps contain one "gain knob". Other preamps offer functions like eq, high pass filters etc. If you do not have an external preamp, the preamp is found inside your amplifiers head. Purchasing an external preamp of good quality and better than the one found in your amplifier gives a much "warmer" sound and allows pedals or other outboard gear following it more headroom.
I love ALL of his Explorers... Especially his ESP's.
yeah the eet fuk one he did but he dont use it live anymore, he did use it for some of the recording on death magnetic also he used his flying v from the kill em all days for Judas Kiss what a badass song
is there any difference between his and a regular LTD Viper, I mean besides the paint job.
where can I find the Roland JC-120 head?
But can it goes to 11?
@Yowzow The Truckster or the Grynch?
@ottawadrummer Its different. In Kirks theres a Boogie and some other stuff i don´t know what is :b Theres a vid where you can see it
@AirgunAddict256 I went to one of there shows and they swung around and had stage lights and stuff on them.
@MartyCannava James' guitar are custom made by ESP so it's still an ESP... i got an LTD aswell and i LOVE it xD
@loknloll yeah i get you and i have the same problem i always wanted to go drop D and back to standard like other guitars but with the rose its hell so im limited to only standard for the moment. but i love doin divebombs with my rose for my songs. yea u should make a video when u got time.
Is he using diezel vh4 or diezel vh4s??? Which of two is he using??